The Trumps and their guests stride across the south lawn. Trump is deeply unpopular in France and Macron, like other world leaders, is under growing pressure to show voters the benefits of his courtship.

The pageantry of Macron’s official state visit, the first of the Trump presidency, will be shown on Tuesday night with a lavish state dinner at the White House. On Wednesday, the centrist leader will demonstrate his English-language skills – a rarity for a French president – in an address to a joint session of Congress